#FridayVibes 💜💜💜
L’Afrique a toujours été une terre de résistance. De la reine Nzinga Mbande du Ndongo et du Matamba, qui s’est opposée à l’expansion coloniale portugaise au XVIIe siècle, aux femmes qui ont joué un rôle majeur dans les luttes de libération à travers le re est marquée par le courage, la résistance et la quête de liberté.
Aujourd’hui, cet héritage continue d’inspirer la lutte pour la justice de la dette féministe.
À travers le Manifeste de Maputo, nous nous engageons à:
✊🏾 Élaborer et promouvoir des théories et des discours féministes africains qui reflètent la diversité des réalités et des expériences vécues sur le continent.
✊🏾 Réhabiliter et valoriser la riche histoire de résistance de l’Afrique contre toutes les formes de discrimination, notamment celles fondées sur le patriarcat, la race, la classe sociale et l’impérialisme mondial.
Notre lutte pour la justice en matière de dette doit également remettre en question les structures d’inégalité qui déterminent quelles voix sont entendues, quels intérêts sont servis et qui supporte le coût des décisions économiques.
👉🏾 Pour en savoir plus sur le Manifeste de Maputo : tinyurl.com/4neh2a35
#FeministDebtJustice #MaputoManifesto #AfricaRuleMaker

#FridayVibes 💜💜💜
Africa has always resisted. From Queen Nzinga Mbande of Ndongo and Matamba, who stood against Portuguese colonial expansion in the 17th century, to the women who led liberation struggles across the continent, our history is one of courage, resistance, and the ay, that legacy continues to inspire the fight for feminist debt justice.
Through the Maputo Manifesto, we commit to:
✊🏾 Creating and promoting African feminist theories and discourses that reflect the continent’s diverse realities and lived experiences.
✊🏾 Reclaiming Africa’s rich history of resistance against all forms of discrimination, including those rooted in patriarchy, race, class, and global imperialism.
Our struggle for debt justice must also challenge the structures of inequality that shape whose voices are heard, whose interests are served, and who bears the cost of economic decisions.
👉🏾 Read more about the Maputo Manifesto: tinyurl.com/4neh2a35
#FeministDebtJustice #MaputoManifesto #AfricaRuleMaker

🌍 Africa does not lack debt laws. It needs stronger enforcement.
At the #ATAFAM2026 Annual Meetings in Cairo, our Executive Director, @jayznotes, highlighted the importance of moving beyond commitments on paper to ensure that African countries enforce the laws and institutions lic resources.
Through the African Borrowing Charter, AFRODAD is advancing a stronger accountability framework that places people at the centre of public borrowing.
The Charter calls for:
🔹 Parliamentary approval before governments contract loans.
🔹 Full disclosure of loan terms within 30 days of signing.
🔹 Protection of essential spending on health, education and social protection.
🔹 Greater accountability for creditors engaging in reckless or corrupt lending.
🔹 Stronger monitoring and early-warning mechanisms throughout the debt cycle.
The message is clear: Public debt is contracted in the name of the people and must serve their interests.
Africa has written the rules. The next step is ensuring that governments and creditors alike are held accountable.
#AfricanBorrowingCharter #AfricaEconomicJustice

#YearInReview: #AFROMEDIVI 🎙️🌍
Since its 2021 launch, #AFROMEDI has continued strengthening Africa’s media capacity to report on debt, development, and economic justice. What began as a capacity-building initiative has grown into a continental movement, marked by key milestones:
sts, equipping media practitioners with the knowledge and skills to report on complex financial issues.
🔹 Expanded its reach across 37 African countries, building a growing Pan-African community of informed storytellers.
🔹 Launched the Media Debt Network Africa (#MDNA) in 2022, strengthening networking and collaboration among journalists covering debt and development.
🔹 Introduced #ALeDD in 2026, expanding access to digital learning on debt and development finance.
From equipping journalists to connecting them and expanding learning opportunities, AFRODAD continues to amplify African voices and to strengthen media engagement in the pursuit of debt justice and economic accountability. Because Africa’s debt story deserves informed voices, independent scrutiny, and an African perspective.
#AfricaRuleMaker

Revenue Alone Cannot End Debt Distress, Says @jayznotes. Stronger domestic revenue mobilisation can reduce reliance on borrowing and expand Africa’s fiscal space. But it cannot, on its own, resolve unsustainable debt, high borrowing costs, or delays in creditor coordination. On , Ghana and Zambia have restructured their debts, yet the IMF continued to assess both countries as being at high risk of debt distress in March 2026.
At #ATAFAM2026, AFRODAD’s position rests on 4 key priorities:
➡️ Raise revenue fairly. Look beyond how much governments collect to who pays and how revenues are used. Tax-to-GDP ratios measure revenue levels, but meaningful fiscal space also depends on the quality and fairness of tax systems. Remember, tax exemptions are foregone public revenue and must be scrutinised.
➡️ Retain more value at home. An estimated US$90 billion leaves Africa annually through illicit financial flows. Tackling these outflows requires stronger cross-border cooperation and coordinated action.
➡️ Borrow to build, responsibly. Every loan creates a claim on future public revenue. Revenue authorities must therefore be part of borrowing decisions. AFRODAD’s African Borrowing Charter provides guidance on responsible, transparent sovereign borrowing.
➡️ Resolve unsustainable debt. For highly indebted countries, this requires coordinated debt and revenue data, standardised debt-pause clauses in new lending agreements, and progress toward a UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt.
Ultimately, the test is not simply how much revenue Africa raises, but whether financing and debt policies create fiscal space that delivers tangible improvements in people's lives.
#AfricaEconomicJustice #DebtJustice #AFRODADat30

Africa’s growing revenue mobilisation efforts raise a critical question: who benefits from the next dollar collected, and how much of it goes towards financing development rather than servicing debt?
Today at #ATAFAM2026 in Cairo, AFRODAD Executive Director, Ms. @jayznotes, in Session 7B: Debt, Fiscal Space and the Revenue Imperative , challenging tax commissioners and finance officials to confront the growing tension between domestic revenue mobilisation and debt servicing.
The figures reveal the scale of the challenge:
➡️16.1% – Average tax-to-GDP ratio across 38 African countries (2023).
➡️16.7% – Share of government revenue spent on interest payments.
➡️21 out of 38 – Countries in or at high risk of debt distress.
➡️30 countries – Spend more on interest payments than on public health.
Africa is mobilising revenue, but debt servicing continues to absorb a significant share of public resources.
Kenya's June 2024 protests against proposed tax increases exposed the consequences of fiscal policies that place the burden on citizens while prioritising debt obligations. When revenue targets are driven by debt repayments rather than fairness and development needs, public trust and the social contract are put at risk.
Debt and taxation cannot be treated as separate policy agendas. Every dollar collected must serve Africa's development, not simply its debt obligations.
#AfricaEconomicJustice #DebtJustice #AFRODADat30

We're in Ghana for #AFROPAC2026
How can stronger parliamentary oversight shape Africa’s response to growing debt and financial challenges?
This question took centre stage at the 6th #AFROPAC Conference in Accra, Ghana, held under the theme “Oversight for Resilience: Strengthening s Committees Amid a Shifting Financial Landscape.”
AFRODAD was represented by @johnoduk11, who contributed to two opening panel discussions, bringing the civil society perspective to conversations on Africa’s debt governance and the need for a fairer global financial architecture.
🔹 Panel 1: Reshaping the Rules – Africa’s Push for a Fairer Debt and Tax Architecture examined Africa's proposed reforms to the global financial architecture and lessons from countries undergoing debt restructuring under the G20 Common Framework.
🔹 Panel 2: Parliamentary Oversight Through the Debt Restructuring Cycle explored Parliament’s role in overseeing debt restructuring at every stage, from distress to recovery, and the gaps and conditions that shape effective accountability.
AFRODAD’s contributions are reflected in the Draft Statement of Outcomes, underscoring the importance of stronger parliamentary oversight, transparency and accountability in public debt management.
Effective oversight must go beyond scrutinising borrowing decisions. It must help ensure that public debt is transparently managed, resources are used responsibly, and borrowing serves Africa’s development priorities and the interests of its people.
#DebtJustice #AfricaEconomicJustice

Nous sommes au Ghana pour #AFROPAC2026 !
Comment un contrôle parlementaire renforcé peut-il façonner la réponse de l’Afrique à l’endettement croissant et aux défis financiers ?
Cette question a été au cœur des échanges lors de la 6e Conférence de l’AFROPAC, tenue à Accra, au Ghana, sous le thème : "Le contrôle pour la résilience: renforcer les commissions des comptes publics en Afrique face à un paysage financier en mutation".
AFRODAD était représenté par @johnoduk11 , qui a pris part à deux panels d’ouverture, apportant le point de vue de la société civile aux discussions sur la gouvernance de la dette en Afrique et la nécessité d’une architecture financière mondiale plus équitable.
🔹 Panel 1: Repenser les règles – Le plaidoyer de l’Afrique pour une architecture plus équitable de la dette et de la fiscalité a examiné les propositions de réforme de l’architecture financière mondiale portées par l’Afrique, ainsi que les enseignements tirés des expériences des pays engagés dans des processus de restructuration de la dette dans le cadre commun du G20.
🔹 Panel 2: Le contrôle parlementaire tout au long du processus de restructuration de la dette a exploré le rôle des parlements dans le suivi des processus de restructuration de la dette, de la crise au redressement, ainsi que les lacunes et les conditions nécessaires à une redevabilité efficace.
Les contributions d’AFRODAD sont reprises dans le projet de déclaration finale, soulignant l’importance de renforcer le contrôle parlementaire, la transparence et la redevabilité dans la gestion de la dette publique.
Un contrôle efficace doit aller au-delà de l’examen des décisions d’emprunt. Il doit contribuer à garantir une gestion transparente de la dette publique, une utilisation responsable des ressources et des emprunts au service des priorités de développement de l’Afrique et des intérêts de ses populations.
#DebtJustice #AfricaEconomicJustice

📣 Check it out! A compelling read from our Executive Director, @jayznotes, on why independent civil society oversight must be recognised as an essential part of sovereign finance and debt accountability.🌍⚖️
“Civil-society oversight is the cheapest insurance in sovereign bles independent scrutiny long before a default. But given that a borrowing government will never volunteer to fund the people who audit it, global decision-makers must do so using agreements for stolen-asset recovery and sovereign-debt treatments.”
👉 tinyurl.com/8ta9zx3e
#DebtJustice #AfricaEconomicJustice
Ford Foundation Project Syndicate

📢À lire absolument ! Une tribune particulièrement intéressante de notre Directrice exécutive, @jayznotes , sur la nécessité de reconnaître le contrôle indépendant exercé par la société civile comme un pilier essentiel de la finance souveraine et de la redevabilité en matière de dette. 🌍⚖️
💬 «Le contrôle exercé par la société civile est la forme d’assurance la moins coûteuse en matière de finance souveraine, car il permet un examen indépendant bien avant qu’un défaut de paiement ne survienne. Mais étant donné qu’un gouvernement emprunteur ne prendra jamais volontairement l’initiative de financer ceux qui sont chargés de contrôler sa gestion, les décideurs mondiaux doivent le faire à travers les accords de recouvrement des avoirs détournés et les mécanismes de traitement de la dette souveraine.»
👉tinyurl.com/8ta9zx3e
#DebtJustice #AfricaEconomicJustice

Africa’s Revenue Mobilisation Agenda Must Also Address Debt Justice.
With more than half of low-income African countries in or near debt distress, strengthening domestic revenue mobilisation cannot be separated from addressing the continent’s growing debt burden.
At the #ATAF2026 o, AFRODAD, through our Executive Director @jayznotes, is advancing the case for fairer and more progressive tax systems, stronger domestic resource mobilisation and debt justice. Mobilising domestic resources is essential, but how revenue is raised, how public resources are managed and how much is absorbed by debt servicing matter just as much.
Africa needs sustainable financing systems that expand fiscal space, strengthen public accountability and ensure that domestic resources support development priorities rather than perpetuate cycles of debt dependence.
Financing Africa’s future requires both tax justice and debt justice.
#AfricaEconomicJustice #DebtJustice #AFRODADat30

📢We're in Cairo, Egypt for #ATAF2026🇪🇬

AFRODAD is contributing to the @ATAFtax Annual Meetings 2026. Our Executive Director, @jayznotes, is representing the organisation.
🔹Organised by ATAF and hosted by the Egyptian Tax Authority, the meetings are held under the theme “The ica’s Path to Financing its Own Development.” The gathering brings together tax commissioners, finance ministers, regional institutions, development partners and civil society to explore how the Compromiso de Sevilla can translate into concrete action on domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) across Africa.
🔸For AFRODAD, strengthening DRM is inseparable from addressing Africa’s public debt challenges. Effective and equitable tax systems can expand domestic revenues, reduce excessive reliance on external borrowing and create greater fiscal space for development. However, this must go hand in hand with responsible borrowing, transparent debt management and accountability in the use of public resources.
Africa’s ability to finance its own development depends not only on how much revenue it mobilises, but also on how public resources are managed and how debt is sustained.
#AfricaEconomicJustice #AFRODADat30 #DebtJustice

Last week, the @Afidep, under the Africa Integrity Indicators, convened the High-Level Dialogue on Public Institutions and Oversight in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. The dialogue brought together voices from across the continent to discuss how stronger institutions can advance cratic governance.
AFRODAD was represented by @CMithia, Lead of our Sovereign Debt Management Portfolio, who joined the conversation as a speaker.
Her participation underscores AFRODAD’s commitment to strengthening public debt transparency, accountability, and oversight, while advancing responsible sovereign borrowing and debt management across Africa.
#AfricanBorrowingCharter #AfricaEconomicJustice

#FridayVibes
🎤 African governments, are you listening?
When citizens raise their voices about the rising cost of debt and its impact on everyday lives, governments cannot afford to turn a deaf ear.
Too often, debt repayments take priority while essential public services such as nd job creation remain underfunded.
Africa needs borrowing decisions that put people first, protect public resources and deliver meaningful development.
The African Borrowing Charter provides an important framework for advancing responsible, transparent and accountable borrowing.
The question is not just how much Africa borrows, but who benefits from the borrowing and who bears the cost.
#AfricanBorrowingCharter #AfricaEconomicJustice
@Gov_Kenya , @MalawiGovt , @EthiopiaGov, @Zambia,
@Zimbabwe, @Mozambique, @governodeangola , @ghanagov , @EgyptGovernment, @DRC, @Senegal, @GOVEritrea , @GovNigeria

That’s a wrap on Day 2 at #Afrotellers2026! 🌍
From the official opening to the plenary on who owns the data shaping how Africa is seen, today’s conversations challenged us to rethink AI, power, and who gets to tell Africa’s story.
For AFRODAD, one message stands out: control astructure, and finance shapes narrative power. Rising public debt-servicing obligations and constrained fiscal space limit African governments’ ability to invest in digital infrastructure, AI innovation, and homegrown solutions, risking continued dependence on externally controlled technologies.
Africa’s narrative sovereignty requires digital sovereignty, and that means addressing debt and financing inequalities that constrain the continent’s ability to shape its own digital future.
🔜 Tomorrow: policy conversations and the cultural economy. Stay with us!
#AfricaEconomicJustice #NarrativeSovereignty

#Afrotellers2026: What Is Data Sovereignty? 🔐
AFRODAD’s @johnoduk11 explains data sovereignty as the authority of nations and communities to control how their data is collected, stored, processed, and shared under their own laws and governance systems. ‼️But sovereignty also ent dimension. When public debt servicing squeezes national budgets, investment in digital infrastructure, AI capacity, and data governance suffers, leaving African countries more dependent on externally controlled technologies.
📚 Explore AFRODAD’s knowledge on AI ➡️tinyurl.com/43sy69du
#AfricaEconomicJustice #NarrativeSovereignty

Data Sovereignty or Data Colonialism? 🌍
At the #Afrotellers2026 panel on AI, Power & Narrative Sovereignty, AFRODAD’s @johnoduk11 highlights two competing ideas at the heart of the struggle for power, control, and ownership in the digital age.
📌Data sovereignty asserts the righunities to govern their data and determine how it is accessed, used, and protected.
📌Data colonialism describes how data extraction and exploitation can reproduce colonial patterns of control, concentrating power and economic value in the hands of external actors.
For Africa, this debate extends to public debt, which constrains fiscal space for digital infrastructure and AI investment. Who controls digital infrastructure, profits from African data, and shapes the continent’s AI future remains a question of power and economic justice.
Who controls Africa’s data influences who shapes Africa’s story, and who benefits from it.
📚 Explore AFRODAD’s knowledge on AI ➡️tinyurl.com/43sy69du
#AfricaEconomicJustice #NarrativeSovereignty

Day 2 at #Afrotellers2026 in Mombasa! 🌍
AFRODAD joins the high-level panel at the official opening of the conference:
🎤AI, Power & Narrative Sovereignty: Who Sets the Rules for Africa’s Stories? Bringing together voices from technology, research, the creative sector and goveexamines who controls the systems, platforms and policies shaping Africa’s narratives and digital future.
For AFRODAD, narrative sovereignty cannot be separated from Africa’s debt and development financing challenges. Rising debt-service obligations constrain public investment in digital infrastructure, innovation and AI capabilities, while foreign ownership of critical technologies raises questions about control and economic value. Africa’s narrative sovereignty requires digital sovereignty, supported by sustainable debt governance, fair financing and collective African action.
🔴 Follow the conversation live:
youtube.com/watch?v=eXJmFK…
Check out AFRODAD's knowledge on AI➡️tinyurl.com/43sy69du
#AfricaEconomicJustice #NarrativeSovereignty
@johnoduk11 @mukundajenice

Day 1 at #Afrotellers2026 in Mombasa: done! 🌍
AFRODAD presented on the “Political Economy of AI and Digitalisation in Africa” under the AI, Algorithmic Colonialism & Narrative Futures track, highlighting a critical message: Africa’s narrative sovereignty depends on #Diggital sovereignty requires economic justice, sustainable financing and collective African action.
Africa’s debt challenges are central to this conversation. Rising debt-service obligations and constrained public budgets limit governments’ capacity to invest in digital infrastructure, computing power, AI research, skills development and locally driven innovation. Without adequate fiscal space and fair access to financing, African countries risk remaining consumers of technologies developed elsewhere, while their data and resources generate value beyond the continent.
Building Africa’s digital future therefore requires debt governance that safeguards development priorities, financing systems that enable long-term investment, and collective action to ensure that African resources translate into African technological capacity and economic value.
🔜 Day 2: AFRODAD joins the high-level panel: “AI, Power & Narrative Sovereignty: Who Sets the Rules for Africa’s Stories?”
#AfricaEconomicJustice #NarrativeSovereignty